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Also known as patchi, rebecha, rebeckha

The rebec (sometimes rebecha, rebeckha, and other spellings, pronounced or ) is a bowed stringed instrument of the Middle Ages and the early Renaissance. In its most common form, it has a narrow boat-shaped body and one to five strings.

Key facts

Instrument.name
Rebec
Instrument.image
Rebac.jpg
Instrument.image_capt
The rebec in "Virgin among Virgins" (1509), by Gerard David.
Instrument.background
string
Instrument.classification
Bowed string instruments
Instrument.hornbostel_sachs
321.21-71
Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc
Bowl lyre sounded by a bow
Instrument.developed
Middle Ages
Instrument.related
Vielle Viol Rebab Rabel Rabeca Byzantine lyra

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Wikidata facts

Image
Rebec fiddle.jpg
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Commons category
Rebec
Hornbostel-Sachs classification
321.321-71
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Article · Italiano

La ribeca o rebecca è uno strumento musicale ad arco, con cassa piriforme. Rebecchino era detto il musicista che lo suonava.

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